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**chrisb2511** · 19:th-Aug-2016, 07:17:25

Hi everyone im going to fit a tuning box but wanted to see if anyone has pictures of where they put cable and how they attached it. Is it ok to cable tie the cable to the fuel lines under the engine cover or is there another route? I have the 2.0 cdti engine.

**andy2174** · 19:th-Aug-2016, 07:30:52

(19:th-Aug-2016, 07:17:25)chrisb2511 Wrote: Hi everyone im going to fit a tuning box but wanted to see if anyone has pictures of where they put cable and how they attached it. Is it ok to cable tie the cable to the fuel lines under the engine cover or is there another route? I have the 2.0 cdti engine.

I ran the cables to the tuning box around the far side the airbox and fixed the tuning box around the aircon tubing, sorry I cant find any pictures though

**chrisb2511** · 19:th-Aug-2016, 09:25:59

(19:th-Aug-2016, 07:30:52)andy2174 Wrote:
(19:th-Aug-2016, 07:17:25)chrisb2511 Wrote: Hi everyone im going to fit a tuning box but wanted to see if anyone has pictures of where they put cable and how they attached it. Is it ok to cable tie the cable to the fuel lines under the engine cover or is there another route? I have the 2.0 cdti engine.

I ran the cables to the tuning box around the far side the airbox and fixed the tuning box around the aircon tubing, sorry I cant find any pictures though

Thanks i dont know where im gonna fit it at moment. Worried about the cable getting in the way of stuff or the heat from the engine damaging it

**marcus** · 21:st-Aug-2016, 09:17:43

I put mine behind the engine attached to the rail. Out of sight. Ran the common rail cable under the existing wiring harness.

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**chrisb2511** · 21:st-Aug-2016, 18:22:22

(21:st-Aug-2016, 09:17:43)marcus Wrote: I put mine behind the engine attached to the rail. Out of sight. Ran the common rail cable under the existing wiring harness.

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Have a picture from where you plug it in to where this picture is mate?

**marcus** · 21:st-Aug-2016, 18:51:41

Sorry mate I don't.

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**marcus** · 22:nd-Aug-2016, 09:02:34

I'd offer to take a photo for you but I don't have the tuning box installed anymore.

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**chrisb2511** · 22:nd-Aug-2016, 15:21:27

(22:nd-Aug-2016, 09:02:34)marcus Wrote: I'd offer to take a photo for you but I don't have the tuning box installed anymore.

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Did you get the car mapped?

**marcus** · 22:nd-Aug-2016, 15:25:01

(22:nd-Aug-2016, 15:21:27)chrisb2511 Wrote:
(22:nd-Aug-2016, 09:02:34)marcus Wrote: I'd offer to take a photo for you but I don't have the tuning box installed anymore.

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Did you get the car mapped?

Not quite. I was supposed to but the fella doing it couldn't write back to the ecu. I removed the tuning box because I ended up with the car in limp mode and had to take it to the dealer to sort out. (dpf pressure sensor) Decided not to put it back on.

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**chrisb2511** · 22:nd-Aug-2016, 16:36:36

(22:nd-Aug-2016, 15:25:01)marcus Wrote:
(22:nd-Aug-2016, 15:21:27)chrisb2511 Wrote:
(22:nd-Aug-2016, 09:02:34)marcus Wrote: I'd offer to take a photo for you but I don't have the tuning box installed anymore.

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Did you get the car mapped?
Not quite. I was supposed to but the fella doing it couldn't write back to the ecu. I removed the tuning box because I ended up with the car in limp mode and had to take it to the dealer to sort out. (dpf pressure sensor) Decided not to put it back on.

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Doesnt fill me with confidence :-/

**marcus**

To put this in perspective, the Racechip worked fine for 10k on their standard factory setting. (B1). I then had the car in for a service where the latest ecu software was loaded. The Racechip appeared to be less effective after this which I put down to an improved ecu map from GM. I then changed the Racechip settings to E2 (power level 2) which made quite a difference. (extra fuel and boost) It ran fine for a few weeks but I think the extra fuelling impacted on the dpf/dpf sensor which ended up with the dealer replacing the sensor/reloading the software, dpf regeneration.

The bottom line is that yes I could well put the Racechip back to the standard settings and see if the limp mode happens again but I think I am done installing/removing the wiring harness for the sake of a few hp/lbft and increased risk

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**andy2174** · 22:nd-Aug-2016, 21:03:25

(22:nd-Aug-2016, 16:55:30)marcus Wrote: To put this in perspective, the Racechip worked fine for 10k on their standard factory setting. (B1). I then had the car in for a service where the latest ecu software was loaded. The Racechip appeared to be less effective after this which I put down to an improved ecu map from GM. I then changed the Racechip settings to E2 (power level 2) which made quite a difference. (extra fuel and boost) It ran fine for a few weeks but I think the extra fuelling impacted on the dpf/dpf sensor which ended up with the dealer replacing the sensor/reloading the software, dpf regeneration.

The bottom line is that yes I could well put the Racechip back to the standard settings and see if the limp mode happens again but I think I am done installing/removing the wiring harness for the sake of a few hp/lbft and increased risk

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I never got any fault lights or issues with my two tuning boxes, but, the risk of something going wrong because of the boxes made me remove mine

I then bought a second car, which is much slower than the Astra, so when I drive the Astra it now feels pretty quick !

**marcus** · 22:nd-Aug-2016, 21:23:01

(22:nd-Aug-2016, 21:03:25)andy2174 Wrote:
(22:nd-Aug-2016, 16:55:30)marcus Wrote: To put this in perspective, the Racechip worked fine for 10k on their standard factory setting. (B1). I then had the car in for a service where the latest ecu software was loaded. The Racechip appeared to be less effective after this which I put down to an improved ecu map from GM. I then changed the Racechip settings to E2 (power level 2) which made quite a difference. (extra fuel and boost) It ran fine for a few weeks but I think the extra fuelling impacted on the dpf/dpf sensor which ended up with the dealer replacing the sensor/reloading the software, dpf regeneration.

The bottom line is that yes I could well put the Racechip back to the standard settings and see if the limp mode happens again but I think I am done installing/removing the wiring harness for the sake of a few hp/lbft and increased risk

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I never got any fault lights or issues with my two tuning boxes, but, the risk of something going wrong because of the boxes made me remove mine

I then bought a second car, which is much slower than the Astra, so when I drive the Astra it now feels pretty quick !

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